The Addition and Subtraction of Skin (1996)

The Addition and Subtraction of Skin

Dorothy Cross & David Ireland

18 June – 18 August 1996
Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts, San Fransisco, United States

*Freud's Couch,* 1994, Wood, cow skin, crystal glass [Centre]
*Amazon,* 1992, Cow skin with teat and tailor’s dummy [Bottom-right]

Screen, 1995, Tapestry screen, bricks, cow udder, finger-cover, hook — *Screen,* 1995, Tapestry screen, bricks, cow udder, finger-cover, hook

[Background] David Ireland, Angel-go-round, 1996, Dimensions variable — [Background] David Ireland, *Angel-go-round,* 1996, Dimensions variable

Pointing the Finger (triptych), 1994, Cibachrome prints

*Pap,* 1994, Guinness bottle, cow teat, string

Amazon travelled to San Francisco and was shown with Screen, a block of hundreds of red-bricks piled up against an antique tapestry screen, depicting a German folktale where figures point at a man and his son as they travel through a village. A finger-stall made from the hairy teat of a cow hung behind the brick wall on a nail. Other works included Croquet, Freud’s Couch, Pointing the Finger (triptych), Pap and Mantegna/Crucifix.

List of works (click to expand)

Amazon, 1992, Cow skin with teat and tailor’s dummy, 160 x 36 x 40 cm

Freud's Couch, 1994, Wood, cow skin, crystal glass, 274 x 213 x 154 cm

Kiss, 1996, Cast sterling silver, 4 x 7 x 6 cm

Untitled (Skull), 1995, Black and white photograph, 81 x 61 cm

Croquet, 1994, Cow's udders and croquet set, Dimensions variable

Pap, 1994, Guinness bottle, cow teat, string, 10 x 23 x 10 cm

Pointing the Finger (triptych), 1994, Cibachrome prints, 35.6 x 35.6 cm each

Mantegna/Cruxifix, 1996, Cibachrome and black and white prints, 76 x 50 cm each

Screen, 1995, Tapestry screen, bricks, cow udder, finger-cover, hook, 200 x 183 x 208 cm